The Second Look

What slips through is never the legal question

The brief is solid, the argument lands. And on the way out, something slips through that no one should see — the wrong party name on page 12, the case number that doesn't match the rest, the defined term spelled three different ways, the signature block left over from the last deal. None of it takes legal expertise, just two seconds of inattention. And these are exactly the small things that make a partner lose confidence in you — and a client lose confidence in the firm.

That's what The Second Look is for: the second look at the document before you hit "Send".

What it checks

One click in the Word add-in checks the document against the mistakes experienced associates name again and again:

Send-blockers

• →Parties & client — is the opponent, defendant or client still named on page 12 the way they were on page 3? Is there a stray company from the template sitting in the text?
• →Defined terms — used before they're defined, never defined, or spelled inconsistently
• →Case numbers — a typo, or a file number from another matter wandering through the document
• →Leftover placeholders — [CLIENT], XXX, template residue
• →Exhibits & cross-references — a reference to an exhibit or clause that doesn't exist
• →Signature block — wrong signatory, missing party

Before it leaves the building

• →Open comments and tracked changes someone can still read
• →Metadata and hidden content that ships with the file
• →Numbering gaps, mixed date formats and inconsistent formatting

The list keeps growing — but it only ever answers one question: is this document clean, consistent and ready to send? The Second Look does not assess legal quality and gives no legal advice.

Find, don't rewrite — you decide

The Second Look is not an AI formatter and not a ghostwriter. It never changes anything silently. Every finding takes you to the exact spot, shows you precisely what would change, and waits for your OK. Changing a name, a date or a defined term can shift the meaning — that call stays yours. The tool is perfect at finding; fixes happen only on confirmation, with one click. Your text stays yours.

Any language, any jurisdiction

German, Austrian, Swiss, UK or US contract — in any language. A German GmbH inside an English-language agreement is caught just like a Swiss SA, a UK Ltd or an Austrian OG. Detection is not tied to the document's language — because a German firm writes English contracts too.

Fully local. No cloud risk.

For law firms this is the core: the document does not leave your device. No cloud, no AI at runtime, no transmission, no storage — the check runs entirely inside the add-in on your machine.

That also means: no data processing agreement required, no debate with your data protection officer about third-country transfers. Client confidentiality stays client confidentiality.

Who it's for

For law firms, legal departments and anyone who regularly sends formal documents where an embarrassing slip gets expensive. The Second Look doesn't replace your professional final review — it catches what that review tends to overlook: the details.

How it works

1. 01Install the add-in in Word and activate it.
2. 02Open a document and run The Second Look.
3. 03Walk through the findings — each linking to the exact spot, many with one-click fixes — and send clean.

Start with a 7-day free trial, then an annual subscription — cancel anytime.